View Larger Map This summer I’m going on a solo motorcycle road trip from one side of America to the other and back again. I’m starting in our nation's capitol and heading due west to San Francisco. From there I turn right to Seattle then hang another right bound for DC. My guidelines are: sleep under the stars as much as possible. stay off the major interstates as much as possible. take the picture whenever it presents itself. capture and post as much of this adventure as possible via pictures, twitter, gps position. Take it all in. I want to make the most of this trip. For the 4th bullet I’m going to build a website where I can post pictures and video from the road so everyone can see what I see. I’ll also post my geo-position in real-time or near real time as well as my twitter updates. Should I get an iPhone and use Google Latitudes for the positioning? Do I need to schlub a laptop with me? What’s the best one-man tent for this? For the last guideline bullet, what are the m...
7 2 1 4 : T o t a l M i l e s 16: Number of days on the road 450.8: average miles per day. 101: Max. speed in mph 15: average speed in mph 52: Moving Avg speed (mph) 0: Speeding tickets 44: average miles per gallon 19: states travelled through 5: National parks visited 2: Number of tires purchased 100: pounds of gear and equipment carried 749: Pictures taken (keepers) 1 : Number of times rained on. 3: duration of rainfall in minutes 12073: Highest elevation in feet 4: Number of nights in a Motel 9 : Number of nights tent camping 14: Number of 32oz gatorades consumed 96: inches of Subway sandwiches consumed 105.8: degrees highest temperature measured on the road, Green River, UT 4:40pm July 23rd 59.3: degrees lowest temperature measured on the road, Glacier National Park, MT 9:00Am $369.75: amount of money spent on fuel 110: Number of Twitter/facebook status updates
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